Blog | Monica Sweeney Coach

Dec 30, 2020
2 min

Believe

I was pondering what to expect in 2021, and the word "Believe" came to my heart strongly! When I heard that, I wanted to share this word of hope starting this Christmas and resonates throughout the new year in your life. Believe is a verb. As a verb, it requires an action. The action of “accept that (something) is true, especially without proof”, “have religious faith”, “feel sure that someone is capable of doing something” and, according to Google dictionary, the word “Belie

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Monica Sweeney

Nov 11, 2020
3 min

Coming back home

When I saw the red land from the plane, like a big island spreaded over the Indian Ocean, I cried. I even put the National Anthem on YouTube - not joking! - while I delighted myself looking at the Great Southland of The Holy Spirit. Yes, that’s another name for the land Down Under, or Australia as you know. Like a burnt skin with vains and wounds the land of Oz show off its magic red colours and burnt my heart with overflowing tears... I will never forget those images. I’ll

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Monica Sweeney

Oct 16, 2020
3 min

How did I learn to learn

I remember him arriving in the classroom with his folders under his arms, throwing those on the desk and getting to the black board, actually, a green board… erasing whatever it was written from previous classes, taking the chalk and start drawing the World Map by hand. Of course it was not precise, but that would give you the idea of where History events happened… and then he started… ”Senhores!” Something like Ladies and Gentlemen, because at that time, there were no politi

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As coaches how can we contribute to overcome this crisis?

Monica Sweeney

Oct 9, 2020
2 min

As coaches how can we contribute to overcome this crisis?

We should support innovation and innovative minds. Stimulating lifelong learning and infinite minds thinking. This is something that I've been working with my clients, stirring this mentality to have an infinite mind, untapping their creative capacity, and not setting limits to what they are capable of, to their potential of being whoever they want to be, and to realize whatever they want to. Help them organize their thoughts, feelings, emotions, support them and to build the

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Monica Sweeney

Sep 23, 2020
3 min

Undone by the Amazon

The night is still high, guarded by a blanket of stars and planets that shine brightly, coloured in shades of white and yellow, sparkling in the distance... shooting stars... and the wine glasses that are still there, denouncing a night of much conversation, life stories, stories lived and dreams cherished by the deep night. The silence of the night is interrupted by the sounds of the forest animals that start to wake up... the sound is so loud now... cicadas, crickets, bird

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Communication: Adjusting your style in a Workplace and Virtual Environment

Monica Sweeney

Sep 15, 2020
3 min

Communication: Adjusting your style in a Workplace and Virtual Environment

With the great challenges that we are facing, especially with the pandemic, connectivity has been essential for work and personal relationships. And in this challenging moment that we are living, with many “lives” and zooms, skypes, and all these communication tools, we got to realize that there are certain things that are irreplaceable, the human contact. And human contact may not be as it was before. The home office was already destined to increase considerably. However, th

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Rethinking your career? You are not alone

Monica Sweeney

Sep 7, 2020
3 min

Rethinking your career? You are not alone

What if I could change my life completely? And if I could do what I love, what would I do? What if I could have more time for myself and my family as I did during the pandemic? What would I do? “The consensus from learners: the world of education and work has forever changed in profound ways” John Fallon CEO, Pearson During this period of the pandemic, one of the biggest trend topics for Google search has been “unemployment”, and themes related to the coronavirus. But what ca

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Monica Sweeney

Sep 2, 2020
3 min

How is your self-esteem going?

“In psychology, the term self-esteem is used to describe a person's overall sense of self-worth or personal value. In other words, how much you appreciate and like yourself. It involves a variety of beliefs about yourself, such as the appraisal of your own appearance, beliefs, emotions, and behaviours” Kendra Cherry at verywellmind.com, September 2019. I was conscious of publishing a personal photo of myself in my bathing suit. But I thought I would help you think about your

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Who stays, who goes. How to make those tough decisions during and after the pandemic?

Monica Sweeney

Aug 31, 2020
3 min

Who stays, who goes. How to make those tough decisions during and after the pandemic?

With all major changes happening in the midst of this global crisis, a significant change and readjustment on the way leaders and managers act and behave in making decisions is inevitable. One of the most relevant questions in the period is how to survive, and remain in the market. Consequently, how companies will hire, qualify and adjust their workforce to act amid the uncertainties of this new scenario since this process demands individual characteristics and competencies v

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What Extended DISC is and how it can help you make decisions during and after the pandemic

Monica Sweeney

Aug 24, 2020
2 min

What Extended DISC is and how it can help you make decisions during and after the pandemic

The Coronavirus pandemic is shocking the world by forcing it to review religious, political and, especially, market views. The result of this shock is explicit in the complete change in habits and behaviours between people, companies and institutions. We do not know how long this will take if it will ever end, but one thing is certain: survival depends, as always, on adaptation. The ability to adapt to the individual and collectively, will determine which companies and instit

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Monica Sweeney

Jul 29, 2020
3 min

Navigating in the Storm

What to do during a storm? When do you know you are paddling against the tide? How do you know which way to go? How do you know when to "pivoting" your business, your life? Moments where you fight, fight, fight and nothing moves, or even seems to "go backwards", are moments where we must stop and reflect on whether we should continue paddling against the tide, or in the middle of the storm, or if it is time to stop or seek a new direction. If you have a well-defined purpose,

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Saudade, longing... how are you dealing with it?

Monica Sweeney

Jun 16, 2020
2 min

Saudade, longing... how are you dealing with it?

“Saudade is accompanied loneliness, is when love is not gone yet, but the beloved already… Longing is loving a past that has not yet passed, is to refuse a gift that hurts us, it is not seeing the future that invites us... Longing is feeling that there is what is no more...” excerpted of Pablo Neruda’s poem “Saudade” I imagine that at this moment you may be having yearning desires, longing. Missing someone, missing somewhere, something... saudades... The longing has as a cond

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Monica Sweeney

Apr 21, 2020
2 min

Resetting

I believe that this moment that we have been living, of isolation because of the coronavirus, is a crucial moment of transformation. When we can get back to social interaction, to offices, to family, friends, work meetings, we will not be the same. It takes 21 to 60 days (according to different neuroscience theorists), for you to create a new habit... certainly, your routine influences the creation and establishment of these habits. As we cannot continue with our usual habits

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Monica Sweeney

Apr 9, 2020
2 min

Resilience

According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, the Definition of resilience is: 1. the capability of a strained body to recover its size and shape after deformation caused especially by compressive stress. 2. an ability to recover from or adjust easily to misfortune or change. The word resilience derives from the present participle of the Latin verb resilire, meaning "to jump back" or "to recoil." "act of rebounding". In physics, resilience is the ability of an elastic material

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Monica Sweeney

Apr 1, 2020
2 min

Increasing your immunity

Today we’re going to talk about “How to increase your immunity”. At this time of the year we normally have an epidemic of Influenza A and B, and other respiratory diseases, and this year, the new coronavirus, the COVID-19, which has been forcing us into isolation and quarantine in many cases. While the medical treatment is about to be confirmed by the medical community, let’s stay home as much as we can! The biggest challenge of this time is the ISOLATION, the confinement. Lo

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Monica Sweeney

Mar 22, 2020
2 min

5 simple ideas to cope with quarentine

How are you coping with the isolation? I know many people are going crazy...other feeling depressed and full fear, but others in denial. If you stay in front of the TV or on social media all the time, that is NOT going to help you. So, I want to share with you 5 simple ideas to help you go through this challenging time! 1. First of all, get a journal and write down a check list with everything you couldn’t do because you didn’t have time, and prioritise – I actually recommend

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Monica Sweeney

Mar 19, 2020
2 min

Arriving 1 day before the travel ban

In this time of coronavirus crisis, many of you have been sending me messages asking if I made to Brazil, as I have planned since October last year. So, I decided to do this post. Yes, I made it! I am now in the Amazon at my parents’. I arrived here 1 day before our Prime Minister of Australia, where I live, announced the travel ban. The trip went very well, and all protections were in place – I used mask all the time, spray sanitiser, sanitiser wipes and washed my hands as o

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Believe

Coming back home

How did I learn to learn

As coaches how can we contribute to overcome this crisis?

Undone by the Amazon

Communication: Adjusting your style in a Workplace and Virtual Environment

Rethinking your career? You are not alone

How is your self-esteem going?

Who stays, who goes. How to make those tough decisions during and after the pandemic?

What Extended DISC is and how it can help you make decisions during and after the pandemic

Navigating in the Storm

Saudade, longing... how are you dealing with it?

Resetting

Resilience

Increasing your immunity

5 simple ideas to cope with quarentine

Arriving 1 day before the travel ban

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